Skyhawks’ softball dips into the desert for recruits

The Fort Lewis College softball team added a couple of desert dwellers during the NCAAs early signing period.

Adriana Rosthenhausler of Tucson, Ariz., and Olivia Goldberg of Placentia, Calif., plan to join the Skyhawks for their 2014 season.

The 5-1 Rosthenhausler, who will graduate from Sunnyside High School this spring, will be a four-year prep starter at second base and center field.

Adriana will bring more versatility to the lineup. She can get on with a bunt, slap or hit and use her speed on the bases, FLC head coach Kira Zeiter said in a news release to The Durango Herald.

The 5-5 Goldberg will bring an arm.

Graduating from El Dorado High School this spring, she will be a four-year starting prep pitcher and had a 1.12 earned run average last season.

Olivia is a player who puts in the work to be the best pitcher she can be, Zeiter said. She will add another look from the mound with her style of mixing spots and speeds.

Goldberg also puts in the work in the classroom, and she was an El Dorado Distinguished Scholar from 2010 to 2012, a four-year honor roll student and received the Presidents Award for Academic Excellence in 2009.

The Skyhawks opened their 2013 season 2-3 at the Desert Stinger in Las Vegas last weekend. The Skyhawks set a new school record for victories by finishing with a 30-26 record last season. They won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tournament and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament, their second in school history.